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Julian Merryweather for Orion Kerkering (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Orion Kerkering RP - PHI  | Julian Merryweather RP - MIN  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 220 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 363 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 43 | ‐ |
| Wins | 3 | ‐ |
| Saves | 1 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.48 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.29 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 183 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 268 | ‐ |
| Orion Kerkering RP - PHI | Julian Merryweather RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 24 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 21.1 | ‐ |
| Wins | 3 | ‐ |
| Losses | 0 | ‐ |
| Saves | 1 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 4 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 15 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 4 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 23 | ‐ |
| Walks | 8 | ‐ |
| ERA | 1.69 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.08 | ‐ |
| Orion Kerkering RP - PHI | Julian Merryweather RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 43 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 40.5 | ‐ |
| Wins | 3 | ‐ |
| Losses | 2 | ‐ |
| Saves | 1 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 10 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 35 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 16 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 43 | ‐ |
| Walks | 15 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.48 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.29 | ‐ |
| Orion Kerkering RP - PHI | Julian Merryweather RP - MIN | |
| News | ||
| The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th | Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th | |
| Kerkering pitched on back-to-back days for Triple-A Lehigh Valley during his rehab stint and made his final appearance Saturday, striking out two and allowing one hit in a scoreless inning against Triple-A Durham. He rejoined the Phillies in San Francisco on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th | Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th | |
| Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd | Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th | |
| The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th | The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th | |
| Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering (hamstring) said he expects to pitch in a Grapefruit League game on Tuesday and is expecting to be ready to start the season on time. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Orion Kerkering RP - PHI | Julian Merryweather RP - MIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TEX | Jacob Latz (1-1) | #102 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #257 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #115 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #276 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CHC | Riley Martin | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 | @ NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #340 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #120 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #333 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #69 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #172 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | vs KC | Luinder Avila | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ TOR | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs MIA | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs MIA | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs NYM | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ARI | |||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs NYM | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs NYM | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ WSH | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ WSH | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ WSH | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ NYM | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ NYM | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ NYM | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs PIT | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs PIT | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs PIT | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ NYY | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ KC | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ KC | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ CIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ CIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ CIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ DET | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ DET | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ DET | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CHC | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs NYM | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs NYM | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs LAD | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs LAD | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs LAD | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs NYY | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs NYY | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs NYY | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIA | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIA | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs KC | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ BAL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ BAL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ BAL | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs WSH | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs WSH | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs WSH | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs TOR | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs TOR | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs TOR | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ STL | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ STL | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ STL | vs BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ MIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ MIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ MIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs MIA | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs MIA | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs MIA | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs STL | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs STL | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs STL | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SEA | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ SEA | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ SEA | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ LAA | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ LAA | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ LAA | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ ARI | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ ARI | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ ARI | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ATL | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs HOU | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs HOU | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ ATL | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ ATL | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ ATL | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ WSH | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ WSH | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ NYM | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ NYM | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ NYM | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ NYM | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIL | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIL | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TB | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TB | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TB | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs MIA | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ WSH | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs PIT | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Thu, Jul 16th | vs NYM | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ MIA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs WSH | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIL | |||||
